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Through multivariate statistical analysis, THE MARKETING ANALYSTS can take several advertising concepts and determine the most effective design that will maximize your advertising ROI. Regardless of the hundreds of combinations of variables (different prices, offers, imagery, text, size, placement, color, etc.) that your copy tests involve, we can quickly reduce our testing to a dozen simple experiments that run simultaneously. Instead of considering one variable at a time, our methodology tests all variables at once, this is why the number of tests can be so small. With our proven approach, we identify the best method to maximize your advertising campaign’s results.

In a recent blog entry, we wrote about a compositional approach to perceptual mapping known as discriminant analysis. Correspondence Analysis is another method used to create a perceptual map that involves a set of objects and attributes (ex. distinctive product or service attributes by demographic group) from a contingency table that are plotted on a shared perceptual map.

Cross Tabulation By Brand & Age

Age Category

Brand A

Brand B

Brand C

Brand D

Total

Young Adults (18-34)

30

30

30

30

120

Middle Age (34-50)

50

20

20

10

100

Mature (51-67)

20

40

10

40

110

Senior (68+)

40

10

50

40

140

Total

140

100

110

120

370

Looking at the table above, we see that brand sales vary among brands and age groups. However, identifying meaningful patterns requires standardizing the data so that meaningful comparisons can be made.

In the young adults category, the table shows that an equal amount (30 units) of each brand was purchased. But is this what we would expect on average? How could determine if this group actually prefers one brand over another? In order to determine if this age group prefers one brand over another, we must compute the expected value of sales in proportion to overall product sales across all groups.

Age Category

Brand A

Brand B

Brand C

Brand D

Total

Young Adults (18-34)

35.74

25.53

28.09

30.64

120

Middle Age (34-50)

29.79

21.28

23.40

25.53

100

Mature (51-67)

32.77

23.40

25.74

28.09

110

Senior (68+)

41.70

29.79

32.77

35.74

140

Total

0.30

0.21

0.23

0.26

470

Once the above expected values are calculated, the differences across all age groups and brands must be standardized using the chi square statistic and then these associations must be converted into a perceptual map. Once the model fit and dimensionality has been established, the researcher is faced with two tasks: interpreting the dimensions and assessing the degree of association.

The following perceptual map was created using correspondence analysis.

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If you are not an experienced website designer or web programmer, developing a website or Content Management System (CMS) can be a very tedious process. You need to deal with all sorts of things like HTML, Java, Flash, tables, CSS, slicing, PHP, MySQL, .NET, etc. In addition, you will want to work closely with the web programmers to ensure your objectives are met. For this reason, we strongly encourage companies to select an experienced and local design firm.

When choosing a design firm, you should also ask yourself the following questions.

1. Should I choose a local company?

A company with a local presence offers many advantages to overseas website designers. When you work with a local company, you can still manage the design and implementation process. As a result, the project will be more reflective of your needs. In addition, a local company is more likely to have a personal stake in the project’s success.

2. What do I want my website to do?

A website can do many things. Some things that are simple and inexpensive to offer include news feeds and syndication, product/service catalogs, newsletter signup forms, event calendars, discussion forums and various statistical tracking services.

3. How do I want my website / content management system to look?

If you do not have a specific design in mind, you should provide the design firm with a few sites that you like. Try to give the designer as much information as possible to facilitate the process. Once the first draft is complete, the design firm should walk you through it. Review the draft closely, point out your likes and clearly indicate your dislikes. Open communication is critical to ensure that the design and development goes smoothly.

4. Do you want to target international markets?

If your company seeks to expand into international markets, then you should consider having your website content translated into other languages.

These are few suggestions that we offer to clients who are considering the outsourcing of their website or CMS design. If you are not experienced in web design, it is better to spend your time on the things that you do best. Leave the tedious development to the professionals.

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Perceptual maps are used to visualize the differences and similarities in perceptions and choices between products, brands or customers.

For example, a manufacturer of salon brand hair care items wants to see whether a lifestyle variables such as being a NASCAR racing fan, education level, ethnicity and demographic variables such as personal income, sex and a number of other factors are useful in distinguishing purchasers of their products from purchasers of other salon hair care brands. Based on this classification, customer profiles will be developed in order to plan targeted advertising campaigns.

Discriminate analysis, a multivariate technique used for market segmentation and predicting group membership is often used for this type of problem because of its ability to classify individuals or experimental units into two or more uniquely defined populations. The discriminant score is the basis for predicting to which group (a purchaser of the manufacturer’s brand or a competitive brand) the particular individual belongs. The discriminant weights of each predictive variable (age, sex, income, etc) indicate the relative importance of each variable. For instance, if age has a low discriminant weight then it is less important than the other variables.

With this information, a classification matrix can be developed that indicates the accuracy of our model that will be used to construct our map. For instance, if our discriminant model correctly classified 94.5-percent of users of our brand, then only 5.5-percent were incorrectly classified. Conversely, if the model correctly classifies 92-percent of the competitive brand users, then only 8-percent were incorrectly classified. We consider this a strong model because the number of correct classifications is much higher than what might be expected by chance.

Other Applications of Discrimant Analysis

While our example illustrated how discriminant analysis helped classify users and nonusers of salon brand hair care products based on independent variables, other uses of discriminant analysis include the following:

Product research – Distinguish between heavy, medium, and light users of a product in terms of their consumption habits and lifestyles

Perception/Image research – Distinguish between customers who exhibit favorable perceptions of a store or company and those who do not

Direct marketing – Identify thecharacteristics of consumers who will respond to a direct marketing campaign and those who will not

Conclusion

While discriminant analysis is often used in marketing research for marketing segmentation and predicting group membership, there are more powerful and accurate techniques available. We invite you to learn more about our solutions by contacting us today.

Although copytesting is widely used throughout the world, most of it is low quality and unreliable. Often, it is unclear as to what is actually being evaluated. Only rarely do copytesting studies provide any insights into actual performance.

To ensure the success of your advertising campaign, THE MARKETING ANALYSTS believes advertising research must comply with the following principles.

Copytesting should provide measurements that are relevant to the specific objectives of the advertising campaign. For example, if the objective of an advertising campaign is to evoke emotional appeal, a measure of day-after recall would be appropriate.

Copytesting research should provide actionable insights and recommendations that project the campaign’s success or failure. If the research suggests that the campaign will not achieve performance objectives, the campaign maybe be cancelled or media distribution maybe scaled back.

Copytesting should rely on multiple performance measurements.

Copytesting should be based on measurements of human response. This includes the reception of a stimulus, the comprehension of the stimulus and a measureable response to a stimulus.

Copytesting research should suggest the number of exposures required to produce a stimulus.

Copytesting should attempt to duplicate an actual environment (clutter, competitive offerings, etc) where the ad is scheduled to be placed, received, processed and responded too.

Copytesting should take into account basic sampling considerations.

Copytesting should be based on reliable and valid research methodology.

While these principles establish a high set of standards, they should be regarded as necessary.